Record number of NYC students took AP exams in 2018: Mayor de Blasio

Mayor Bill de Blasio at Police Headquarters on Tuesday May 8, 2018 (Susan Watts / New York Daily News)

A record number of city students took Advanced Placement exams in the 2018 school year under Mayor de Blasio's "AP for All" push to bring the classes to more schools, Hizzoner said Tuesday.

Under the ambitious plan, first outlined in 2015 by the mayor, 75% of city high school students were to have access to at least five AP classes by fall 2018 and all city high school students will have access to at least one AP class by fall 2021.

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And in a press conference at the Civic Leadership Academy in Queens, de Blasio said the program is already working.

A record 55,011 students took AP exams in 2018, de Blasio said, up 11.4 % from 49,364 students in 2017.

And a record 28,573 students passed the AP exams, up 10.7 % from 25,815 students in 2017, Education Department statistics show.